quote:

Iranian President Says His Country in ‘Full-Fledged War’ With US, Europe, and Israel

That's not completely off-base. It has however been a "cold" war, conducted through proxies. In any kind of direct military confrontation, they don't stand a chance. They have neither the hardware (equipment) nor software (people) for it.

2 major takeaways:
- "the rial’s drop to a historic low of roughly 1.38 million rials per dollar"

- Despite the protests, there is currently no organization on the scale of the 2022 “Hijab Protest” or the 2019 fuel protests.

quote:

Iranian forces use live fire and tear gas as protests continue

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420232

While what he said may be true, he's also at war against regular Iranians and hopefully they've finally had enough.
The Shah also needed to go but this falls into the category of "careful what you wish for."